3 Best Japanese Sunscreen Products to Try This Summer

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

3 Best Japanese Sunscreen Products to Try This Summer

      As I mentioned in my previous entry, Top 5 Japanese Sunscreen Products, I believe that sun protection is very important to delay the skin aging process.
      When I lived in Japan, my coworker who had very beautiful skin looked like early 20s, but her actual age was late 30s at that time. I asked her how she could keep her skin looked so younger. She told me that the most important tip to slow aging is wearing sunscreen all year round. Even it's a cloudy day or during winter, you still need to apply sunscreen on your face to protect yourself against UV damage. Yet, during spring and summer months UV rays are stronger. Why don't we check out the best Japanese sunscreen products before summer comes?

     Today, I'm going to share with you three best Japanese sunscreen products which were chosen based on Japanese women's reviews of 2016 by @ cosme, a huge Japanese cosmetic review site. :) All three products listed below can be purchased at drugstores in Japan.



No.1 Biore Sarasara Uv Aqua Rich Waterly Essence Sunscreen 50g Spf50+ Pa+++ from Kao
50g 800 yen

Biore Sarasara Uv Aqua Rich Waterly Essence Sunscreen 50g Spf50+ Pa+++

Biore Sarasara UV Aqua Rich Waterly Essence Sunscreen has been selected the best sunscreen award by @cosme many times for many years. This sunscreen is also highly rated on Amazon US. If you love Japanese beauty products, I think you might have heard of it before. Sarasara (さらさら) means smooth or dry in Japanese, so unlike typical sunscreen, your skin doesn't feel greasy with this sunscreen.

Last month, Biore released Biore Sarasara sunscreen with the beautiful blue ombré packaging. Perhaps, you can still find the previous version of light blue packaging (the photo above) at drugstore in Japan while supplies last. This blue ombré packaging is the latest one and has extra water resistance.

Biore Sarasara Uv Aqua Rich Waterly Essence Sunscreen 50g Spf50+ Pa++++

No. 2 Anessa Perfect Sunscreen Aqua Booster SPF 50+ Pa++++ from Shiseido
25ml 1500yen
60ml 3000yen

Shiseido Anessa Perfect Sunscreen Aqua Booster SPF 50+ Pa+++

Anessa Perfect Sunscreen Aqua Booster was selected as the second best sunscreen award of 2016 by @cosme. Anessa is a high-end sunscreen brand of Shiseido, so it's pretty expensive. If you go to beach or pool in summer but don't want to get a tan, I recommend you to try Shiseido Anessa. You will never get a tan with wearing Anessa. When I lived in Japan, I tried many Japanese sunscreen products, and I found that Anessa sunscreen was one of products which truly protect your skin against UV damage.

According to Shiseido, the world's first sun care technology "WetForce", Shiseido's innovative and proprietary technology, takes sun care technology to the next level. After it comes into contact with sweat or water, the layer of sunscreen on the skin becomes more evenly spread to give a better UV protection.

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